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London County Council 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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No.	Date of onset of illness.	Date of notification.	Sex and age.	Milk supply.	Ice-cream.	As to consumption of fish, fried fish, shell fish, &c.	As to use of swimming baths.	Remarks.
65	Sept. 16	Sept. 26	M. 13	Condensed	Never	Wet fish and shrimps from X. The boys, the patient and his brother, buy fried fish there	To X baths	Drinks mineral water. Does not eat watercress.
66	Sept. 16	Sept. 21	M. 11	E	B	Fried fish from X frequently (see cases 14 and 18)	Never	...
67	Sept. 16	Sept. 21	M. 15	G; also goat brand	A's man	Fried fish, and sometimes winkles from X	To X baths at end of August	...
68	Sept. 16	Sept. 25	F. 7	...	Never	Fried fish and winkles habitually obtained from X	Never	A very mild case.
69	Sept. 16	Sept. 24	M. 14	Condensed	Never	Fried fish for supper, obtained from X. Never winkles or shrimps	Never	...
70	Sept. 16	Sept. 21	M. 7	Head brand	Never	A haddock bought from X on Saturday 1st or 8th of September, and some eaten by patient. Fish usually obtained by family elsewhere, but childmay have obtained fried fish on his own account	...	...
71	Sept. 16	Sept. 30	F. 17	L	Never	Shell fish from X, but fish for family obtained from another source. The girl, however, buys on her own account, and may have bought fried fish at X's, the nearest shop. The girl was away from home Sept. 1—4 and may have been infected then	...	Family used to live close to X's shop, but removed to some little distance from it about Sept. 16th.
72	Sept. 17	Sept. 23	M. 15	None	None	Never bought anything at X's shop so far as he can remember	...	Lived on extreme boundary of infected area.
73	Sept. 17	Sept. 24	F. 30	B	Never	This patient is the wife of No. 5	Never	Drank mineral waters.
74	Sept. 17	Sept. 19	M. 12	I	Occasionally	Mother buys winkles but rarely buys fish from X. The children buy "fried fish and taters" for themselves from X	Never	Brother of girl, case 85. See also case 110.
75	Sept. 17	Sept. 25	M.8	B	B	Mother deals at X's. "The children are very fond of fried fish and taters, but they always procure it at X's, the shop they know." Another case (108) in this family	To X baths	Never ginger beer or mineral waters.
76	Sept. 17	Sept. 25	F. 12	B	B		Not to baths	Never ginger beer or mineral waters.
77	Sept. 17	Sept. 25	M. 16	F	Never	Fond of fried fish. Obtains this and also haddock, bloaters and shrimps from X	To X baths on Wednesdays	Drinks ginger beer.
78	Sept. 17	Oct. 13	M. 19	•••	Never	Fish of all kinds from X's shop frequently	...	A relapse on Oct. 1st, and this 2nd attack was diagnosed as enteric.
79	Sept. 17	Sept. 26	F. 11	Condensed	Various sources	Used to deal at X's, but changed early in Sept., because they had "some they did not fancy." Child often bought fried fish there	Never	No mineral waters.
80	Sept. 18	Sept. 25	F. 8	B	Never	The family deal at X's; they buy most of their fish uncooked, but sometimes have fried fish	...	Not removed to hospital. A very mild case.
81	Sept. 18	Sept. 25	F. 13	Condensed	C	Fried and wet fish from X	Never	...
82	Sept. 18	Sept. 27	F. 14	...	Never	Fried fish from X frequently	To X baths	Sister of case 96